Tatting-shuttle winder.



W. A. BARNETT.

TATTING SHUTTLE WINDER,

APPLICATION FILED JAN..23. |917i Ll, Patented Nov. 27, 1917.

mmmdfys lUNlllU PATNT WILLIAM A, BARNETT, 0F LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

TATTING-SHUTTLE VVNDER.

Application tiled January 23, 1917.

To all 'LU/tom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. BARNETT, a citizen of the United States, and a resi dent of Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in, Tatting-Shuttle Winders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tatting shuttle winders, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a device for winding tatting shuttles of the type in which a pair of bowed sides is pro vided with a fixed reel or bobbin, and in which the thread is 'wound on the bobbin or reel by passing it between the ends of the bows.

A further object of my invention is to provide a winding device which will rapidly wind the thread on the bobbin, thus economizing in the time taken to wind the bobbin.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device by means of which one of the spring bows may be held apart from the other, in order to facilitate the entrance of the thread between the bows.

A further object of my invention is tov provide a device for windin shuttles of this type, in which the tension o the thread may be increased or decreased at will, thereby winding the thread on the bobbin tightly or loosely as desired.

A further object of my invention is to provide a shuttle bobbin winding device which consists of comparatively few parts, which is cheap to manufacture, and which does not easily get out of order.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of `this application in which:

Figure l is a perspective view showing the manner in which the winding operation is carried out;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the device;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device showing the manner in which the shuttle is secured to the device;

Fig. 4 iS l section along the line of Fig. l;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Nov. 237, i911?. serial no. 143,940.

Fig. is an enlarged section along the line 5-5 of Fig. l. Y

ln carrying out my invention l provide a base member l having curved end portions 2 and 3 respectively. The end portion 3 is provided with a slot 3X which permits the entrance of the thread t as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. Both of these portions 2 and 3 are curved as shown, the portion 3 to constitute a thumb-hold and the portion 2 to constitute a ingenhold, so that the base portion l may be grasped between the thumb and linger as shown in Fig. l.

Rigidly secured to the base portion 1 is a bar 5, one end of this bar being formed into a hook 6 and the opposite end being bent and curved outwardly as shown at 7. The outwardly bent portion is provided with a slot 8 which extends toward the body por* tion of the bar 5. rlhe bar 5 has a central portion 5X which forms a bow. It will be seen that the central portion 5y of this bow is flat, and this portion, together with the base l, constitutes bearings for a crank shaft 9, the. outer portion of the shaft being formed into a handle 10.

Rigidly secured to the end of the crank shaft is a resilient or spring bar 1l, whose 'central portion bears on the fiat portion 5y, as shown in Fig. 2. This member 1l may be made of spring` steel, or any other suit able material, and is provided with a pair of slidable holding members l2, each provided with a socket l2a into which one end of the side of the shuttle may enter, see Fig. These slidable holding members 12 may be made in any suitable shape, but I have found that, by making them of spring metal, with Athe socket stamped therefrom, they `may be placed on the bar ll and may be frictionally held thereon without any additional securing means. These slidable holders may be moved toward and away from the ends -of the members 11, and will remain in their adjusted position.

From the foregoing description `of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. In Figs. l and 2 I have shown therein, a tatting shuttle having the curved sides 13a and 13b respectively, and the iiXed reel or bobbin 14. One of these curved sides, for instance, the side 13b is sprung apart slightly, and its end inserted in the socket l221 of one of the holding members l2. The opposite end of the side 13b is then bent downwardly and the other holding member 12 is moved so that its socket slips over the end in the manner shown in Fig. 2. This holds the spring sides of the shuttle apart, that is to say, the side 18h is bent at its ends away from the side 13a, thereby providing ample space for the thread '2l tol enter between the ends.

A portion of the thread having been wound on the bobbin in the beginning, the thread is passed through the slot 8 of the member 7, and thence through a guide slot 7g, in the same member, see Fig. 5; thence through the slot 3X of the thumb-hold 3.

Now, by grasping the thumb and finger holds 3 and 2 respectively, and rotating the handle 10, the thread will be wound on the bobbin. The tension of the thread may be regulated by t-he frictional contact of the thumb with the thumb-hold 3, since the thread l has to pass between the thumb and said thumb-hold. The winding operation may be rapidly conducted, since the operator has perfect control over the thread.

Vhen the bobbin is full, it is removed from the holding members 12 by moving the latter toward the end of the spring 11.V The side 13b being released, will now spring toward the side 13a, thereby restoring the shuttle to its original position, the bobbin however being supplied with thread. The device takes up little room, is light in weight, and simple in construction. The hook 6 may be used in picking out knots or for other similar purposes.

It will be noted that the end of the shaft 9 projects slightly beyond the spring bar 11. The normal position of this spring bar 11 is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. When the side of the shuttle is engaged by the holding device 12, said side is bent by the spring member 11 over the end of the shaft 9, so that the side is straightened out as described.

I claim 1. A tatting shuttle winder comprising a base portion having a finger hold, a revoluble shuttle holder consisting of a spring bar having slidable holding devices for engaging the end of one side of the shuttle, thereby springing the side from the opposed side, means for revolving said shuttle holding portion, a thread guide carried by the base at one end thereof, and means for aiding in exerting more or less tension on the thread at will during the winding operation.

2. A tatting shuttle Winder comprising a Copies of this patent may be obtained for base portion having a finger hold, a revoluble shuttle holder consisting of a spring bar having slidable holding devices for engaging the end of one side of the shuttle, thereby springing the side from the opposed side, means for revolving said shuttle holding portion, a thread guide carried by the base at one end thereof, and means for aiding in exerting more or less tension on the thread at will during the winding operation, said last named means comprising an extension of one of said finger holds provided with a slot arranged to receive the thread, whereby the thread may be held frictionally between the thumb and the thumb hold.

3. A tatting shuttle winding device comprising a base member having curved ends constituting thumb or finger holds, one of said ends being provided with a slot, a bar secured to the face of said base, said bar being bowed centrally, a crank shaft extending through said base and said bowed portion of the bar, a spring bar rigidly secured to said crank shaft, a pair of slidable holding members carried by said spring bar and arranged-to engage the ends of one of the sides of the shuttle, said crank shaft extending' beyond said spring bar to engage the central portion of the side of the shuttle, whereby the latter is bent away from the opposed side, and a handle connected with said crank shaft for rotating the same. Y

4.-. A tatting shuttle winding device comprising a base member having curved ends constituting thumb or finger holds, one of said ends being provided with a slot, a bar secured to the face of said base, said bar being bowed centrally, a crank shaft extending through said base and said bowed portion of the bar, a spring bar rigidly secured to said crank shaft, a pair of slidable holding members carried by said spring bar and arranged to engage the ends of Vone of the sides of the shuttle, said crank shaft extending beyond said spring bar to engage the central portion of the side of the shuttle, whereby the latter is bent away from the opposed side, a handle connected with said crank shaft for rotating the same, a thread guide secured to said bowed bar at one end, and a hook at'vthe other end.

WILLIAM A. BARNETT.

l/Vitnesses:

A. E. HOWARD, Gr. E. HOWARD.

Washington, D. C. 

